The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-31
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Academia and lucidonts In West Virginia
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Thomas Hopkins ha1 been arrested Tor
illicit distlllng near Red Sulphur Springs,
Monroe county. 5 lsfi3 j,siEi%zfri
Chss. H. Heath, OF Rowleeburg, acct.
dentally fell of the railroad bridge at that
place and broke Ills Lex. ;fi,i,g
Thomas E. Lilly, OF Raleigh county, had
his barn and contents destroyed by an In.
cendiary fire. Loss, $1,000; no insur.
ance. IL. (. \ 4 &, y, Il, "A
A recent Grant county grand Jury found
a number OF indictments against o leading
mercantile firm for selling Jamaica ginger
as beverage. X 4 g q e ff,9'ii3.
Tho fifty coke ovens at Olements, near
Falrmont, will probably be completed this
wook, and, the 6rea will DO lighted within
the next ten days. fssi a e
Tho stone which was thrown through q
window at the deal, dumb and blind asy.
lum at Romney, did not strlke q girl, as
has been reported. ~
Az Thomas Condroy, OF Lewis county,
WAS entering tho door OF tho Catholic
church OF Finks Greek, hs dropped dead.
Heart disease was the csuse. ~ ~ PM
A KnIghta Of Pythias lodge has boen
established In Huntington with o mem.
bership Of forty.three to start with. 4 II
promises to DO tho largest lodge OF any
kind In tho State. 3f is{SttFyi5 9i,
An old lady named Adams, living in the
outskirts Of Cameron, hid away 1915 about
four months ago. "A few days since che
wont to tho hiding place to get some
money and found nothing. When tho
money waa taken, aud by whom, there Ia
no clue. f-l3 ~ n II 3'I f&.}$I'
An aged inmate OF tho Preston county
poor house got into terrible passion and
struck another inmate, also an old man,
named Poge, two terrific blows on tho
head with a club. Tho aaaailant's name
is Galloway; he will probably be- sent to
the Insane Asylum at Weston. Poge was
seriously hurt 4. 3tS1il il
There are at present ninety.thrse pupils
In tho Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum at
Romney. Of theae ftty.ssvsn are deaf
and thirty-si1 blind. This includes two
colored pupils in Baltimore. The school
Is reported to be in excellent condition
with everything moving along nicely IN.
der the new administration OF Suporinten.
don't Gilkeson. ls Z yII% J
Timothy Parkn and con, OF Hardy cour.
ty, went to the helds after Como corn.
They hitched their horses to an old tree !.
the wind was blowing hard that day and
the tree waa uprooted, and In iss fall killed
one OF the horses. That night two of their
COWS got into the 6eld through gap In a
fence made by the fall Of the tree, and ale
so much corn that they died. Yf5s7
Bob Eastman, Of Davis, this State, The
celebrated hunter, passed through Gum.
berland last week on his way 70 Eastern
Virginia on q deer hunt, with his dogs.
The Legislature Of this State laet winter
passed law preventing the running of
deer by dogs, and Eastman says tina. he
loves to hunt, but don't propose to sneak
to do 1t, therefore hcgoes to State where
he can hunt and not infringe the law. lie
expscts to BIO gone two or three weeks. Sd /
There were no oil wells completed in the
MackBburg field near Marietta in Seutem.
Der nor August. Only one well was drill.
ing ct tho close OF the month, with two
rigs up and building. Ons we'll was abau.
doned during the month, and on ssptom.
Der 80 there were 467 wslla in tho field,
and tho daily average production was I'D
barrels. About 20 wolls have stopped
flowing, and 8 marked decline is notlcsa.
BILE from the August average. At the close
OF August there were 46S wella in the field.
with a total daily average Of 900 barrels.
While q Dunkard meeting was in , pro.
greas at the church of that sect near Dan.
vile, Barbour county, young man named
Riley Pitser was struck with club and
Bsverely injured. Hs was standing In
front Of the church shortly after DARK,
when Pat Colebank walked up and struck
him in the face with 3 heavy club, break.
ing nus nose and cutting a deep cash just
above his left eye. Pitzsr attempted to
gst out Of the way and Colsbank followed
hin up, striking him several times over
the head and back with the club. His
cries eooa Brought Number to bis assist.
sRce and his assailant fled. a5ii.t,llif.